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Navigating the Nahanni River is a once-in-a-lifetime bucket list experience that reveals a remote and untouched side of Canada few travellers ever see.

From big-name authors Colson Whitehead, George Saunders and Maggie O'Farrell to debuts and non-fiction, these are the titles you'll want to add to your reading pile this year.

Professional soccer players and American football stars are at much greater risk of developing dementia. What can we do to help them?

The CIA officer, who has died, aged 84, sold secrets to the Soviet Union, leading to the deaths of at least 10 Western agents. In 1994, the BBC spoke to one of the spies he betrayed.

How to transform your living space for the new year – and create a unique, artisan-style look, without spending on "fast furniture".

Your body has plenty of ways to cleanse itself. Here's how to help it along.

When an oil embargo rocked the US, the president's radical solution was to make citizens start their working days an hour earlier – even in the darkness of midwinter

Simple, science-backed changes you can make now to keep yourself healthier in later life.